Pedro da Fonseca (philosopher)

Pedro da Fonseca (Latin, Petrus Fonsecae; Proença-a-Nova, 1528 – Lisbon, 4 November 1599) was a Portuguese Jesuit philosopher and theologian. His work on logic and metaphysics made him known in his time as the Portuguese Aristotle; he projected the 'Cursus Conimbricenses' realized by Manuel de Góis and others.

For the Portuguese cardinal of the same name, see Pedro da Fonseca (cardinal).
Institutionum Dialecticarum,
edition published in Lyon, 1614

Works
  • Institutionum Dialecticarum. Lisbon: 1564.
  • Commentariorum in Libros Metaphysicorum Aristotelis. Rome: 1577.
  • Isagoge Philosophica. Lisbon: 1591.

See also
  • Pedro da Fonseca’s Isagoge Philosophica and the Predicables from Boethius to the Lovanienses João Madeira
  • The Birth of Ontology. A selection of Ontologists from 1560 to 1770
  • Page on Instituto Camões (pt)
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pedro da Fonseca". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • (in French) Scholasticon, by Jacob Schmutz
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